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20100058832 | Soot Generation Amount Estimation Apparatus For Internal Combustion Engine - A soot generation amount estimation apparatus obtains a generation speed of a precursor of soot (accordingly, the concentration of the precursor) in consideration of formation of the precursor from fuel, thermal decomposition of the formed precursor, and formation of soot from the formed precursor, and estimates a generation speed of soot (accordingly, the concentration of soot (the generation amount of soot)) in consideration of formation of soot from the precursor, which depends on the concentration of the precursor, and oxidation of the formed soot. The apparatus employs a reaction model in which the reaction process in which soot is generated from fuel is divided into two steps; i.e., a reaction process in which a precursor is generated from fuel and a reaction process in which soot is generated from the precursor. Thus, phenomena, such as a “delay in soot generation” in the reaction process in which soot is generated from fuel, can be accurately simulated. | 03-11-2010 |
20100286930 | SOOT DISCHARGE ESTIMATING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - A soot discharge amount is calculated by multiplying a “steady discharge amount” by a “transient correction value.” The steady discharge amount is a soot discharge amount in a steady operation state, and is acquired through table search. For each of a plurality of factors which affect the soot discharge amount, a steady value (value obtained through table search) of the factor and a transient value (current value) of the factor are substituted for a characteristic equation which represents a change in the soot discharge amount with the value of the factor, whereby a steady characteristic value and a transient characteristic value are acquired. The “ratio between the steady characteristic value and the transient characteristic value” is then calculated for each factor. The transient correction value is obtained by multiplying together all values of the “ratio between the steady characteristic value and the transient characteristic value” obtained for the factors.” That is, the transient correction value is calculated as a “coefficient which represents the degree of deviation of the soot discharge amount from the steady discharge amount” in consideration of the influence of “deviation of the transient value from the steady value” for each factor in a transient operation state. | 11-11-2010 |
20110054762 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A technique is provided which, in an exhaust gas recirculation apparatus for an internal combustion engine, can calculate a low-pressure EGR rate and a high-pressure EGR rate in an accurate manner, and control the flow rates of both a low pressure EGR passage and a high pressure EGR passage in a closed-loop control manner, thereby to make the temperature of intake air and a supercharging pressure stable and to suppress the deterioration of exhaust emissions as well as the deterioration of power performance. The low pressure EGR rate, representative of the proportion of an amount of low pressure EGR gas to an amount of intake air sucked into the internal combustion engine, and the high pressure EGR rate, representative of the proportion of an amount of high pressure EGR gas to the amount of intake air, are calculated by using a CO | 03-03-2011 |
20120143472 | SOOT DISCHARGE ESTIMATING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION EINGINES - A Soot discharge amount is calculated by multiplying a “steady discharge amount” by a “transient correction value.” The steady discharge amount is a Soot discharge amount in a steady operation state, and is acquired through table search. For each of a plurality of factors which affect the Soot discharge amount, a steady value (value obtained through table search) of the factor and a transient value (current value) of the factor are substituted for a characteristic equation which represents a change in the Soot discharge amount with the value of the factor, whereby a steady characteristic value and a transient characteristic value are acquired. The “ratio between the steady characteristic value and the transient characteristic value” is then calculated for each factor. The transient correction value is obtained by multiplying together all values of the “ratio between the steady characteristic value and the transient characteristic value” obtained for the factors.” As one of factors, a “mist average equivalence ratio at a timing of starting ignition” that strongly and directly affects a Soot generation speed is contained. The transient correction value is calculated as a “coefficient which represents the degree of deviation of the Soot discharge amount from the steady discharge amount” in consideration of the influence of “deviation of the transient value from the steady value” for each factor in a transient operation state. | 06-07-2012 |
20120240557 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine, which is provided with: a selective reduction type catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine; a low pressure EGR mechanism that is equipped with a low pressure EGR passage for introducing a part of an exhaust gas flowing through a portion of the exhaust passage downstream of a turbine of a centrifugal supercharger to a portion of an intake passage upstream of a compressor as a low pressure EGR gas, and a low pressure EGR valve for changing a channel cross section of the low pressure EGR passage; a supply device. | 09-27-2012 |
20130247883 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device includes first means and second means for recirculating exhaust gas from an exhaust passage toward an intake passage. When first recirculated gas amount recirculated by first means for recirculating exhaust gas is changed to a target amount, the control device compensates for the difference of the first recirculated gas amount during a period from a start time of change to an end time of change by increasing or decreasing the second recirculated gas amount recirculated by second means for recirculating exhaust gas, according to a predetermined control pattern. When an actual amount of index related to the recirculated gas amount that is a constituent included in the exhaust gas and an amount of the constituent vary depending on total amount of the exhaust gas does not match a referential amount of the index, the control pattern is corrected to decrease the difference of the index that is a difference of the actual amount with reference to the referential amount. | 09-26-2013 |
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20090055076 | Gas-Mixture-State Estimation Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engine and Emission-Generation-Amount Estimation Apparatus - This apparatus equally divides an injection period TAU into three periods; i.e., front, intermediate, and rear periods, and assumes that first injection (mass Q( | 02-26-2009 |
20090283077 | EGR SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An EGR system includes a high-pressure EGR unit and a low-pressure EGR unit. During the steady operation of an internal combustion engine, the high-pressure EGR gas and the low-pressure EGR gas are mixed with each other at a mixture ratio, in which the ratio of the high-pressure EGR gas amount to the entire EGR gas amount is higher than that in a known mixture ratio, and then recirculated back to the internal combustion engine. In the engine speed-up transitional operation period, the opening amount of a high-pressure EGR valve is adjusted to the opening amount that is much smaller than the target opening amount corresponding to the target operation mode. Thus, it is possible to suppress occurrence of the situation where the entire EGR gas amount is excessive in the period in which the low-pressure EGR gas amount does not decrease by a sufficient amount. | 11-19-2009 |
20100000213 | EXHAUST GAS CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An exhaust gas control system for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger that includes a compressor arranged in an intake passage, and a turbine arranged in an exhaust passage; a low-pressure EGR unit that recirculates a portion of exhaust gas back to the internal combustion engine through a low-pressure EGR passage that provides communication between the exhaust passage, at a portion downstream of the turbine, and the intake passage, at a portion upstream of the compressor; a low-pressure EGR valve that is provided in the low-pressure EGR passage, and that changes the flow passage area of the low-pressure EGR passage; and a valve control unit that executes an opening/closing control over the low-pressure EGR valve. When it is determined that the internal combustion engine is under a predetermined low-temperature environment, the low-pressure EGR valve is kept closed while the internal combustion engine is in the fuel-supply cutoff operation mode. | 01-07-2010 |
20100050999 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - In an exhaust gas recirculation system for an internal combustion engine, which includes a turbocharger; a high-pressure EGR unit; a low-pressure EGR unit; a high-pressure EGR valve; and a low-pressure EGR valve, first, the opening amount of the high-pressure EGR valve is controlled in a feedback manner, and, then, the opening amount of a low-pressure EGR valve is controlled in a feedback manner in a transitional operation period in which the operation mode of the internal combustion engine is changing. In this way, the intake air amount is promptly adjusted to the target intake air amount without causing hunting. | 03-04-2010 |
20100179745 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE DEVICE - An exhaust gas recirculation device of an internal combustion engine ( | 07-15-2010 |
20100199639 | EXHAUST-GAS RECIRCULATION APPARATUS AND EXHAUST-GAS RECIRCULATION FLOW RATE ESTIMATION METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - An exhaust-gas recirculation apparatus for an internal combustion engine has a high-pressure EGR passage ( | 08-12-2010 |
20110155109 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION DEVICE OF ENGINE - An exhaust gas recirculation device of an engine ( | 06-30-2011 |